RE: [FT] Varient fighter question

Fighter vs. Fighter To-Hit Chart.
Fighter Type:	   Hvy	 Oth  
Std  (Multi-Role)   5+	  4+
Fast		    5+	  4+
Hvy		    5+	  4+
Interceptor	    4+	  3+ (2pt on roll of 5-6 + reroll)
Attack		    6	  6  (2pt beam damage + reroll)
Long Range	    5+	  4+
Torpedo 	    6	  6  (2pt beam damage + reroll)

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Brian Bell
bkb@beol.net
http://members.nbci.com/rlyehable/ft/	   
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Stanley Taylor [SMTP:charles.taylor@cableol.co.uk]
> Sent: Thursday, October 05, 2000 1:54 PM
> To:	gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
> Subject:	[FT] Varient fighter question
> 
> One thing I recently noticed, and I'm suprised that its not covered in
> the FAQ... or anywhere in the archives (at least that I could find).
> 
> It's not particularly clear what happens when interceptor fighters
> engage Heavy fighters.
> 
> Of for that matter, when Attack or Torpedo fighters engage Heavy
> fighters.
> 
> Likewise its not particularly clear what hapens when an Attack fighter
> attacks a screened ship. The updated varient fighter rules in Fleet
Book
> 2 state "When engaging other ships, however, the Attack fighters add 1
> to all their die rolls, ie: if firing on an un-screened target ship
they
> would inflict 1 Damage Point with rolls of 3 or 4, and 2 DP with 5 or
> 6."
> 
> From this I conclude that the effects are that you count the actual
dice
> rolled as if it had rolled one higher than its actual roll, but still
> only re-roll on an actual 6 on the dice, thus:
> 
> Level of Screens	  No effect	  1 DP	  2 DP
> None			  1, 2		  3, 4	  5, 6
> Level 1 Screen	  1, 2, 3	  4	  5, 6
> Level 2 Screen	  1, 2, 3	  4, 5, 6 NA
> 
> So, does a similar effect count when interceptors engage heavy
fighters?
> and can Attack or Torpedo fighters damage Heavy fighters at all?
> 
> As an alternative suggestion, it could be ruled that attack fighters
> negate 1 level of screens on screened ships, and interceptors negate
the
> Heavy fighter advantage. In both cases, the attack is then resonlved
as
> if it were by a regular multirole fighter.
> 
> Any ideas, (perhaps an official ruling from GZG, hint, hint :-).
> 
> Charles.